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"You see, this ancient sword has been in my family for generations, an heirloom that was once used in the great crusades of..."

"...Hey, hey! You are listening, are you?"

Here she is! This is Korath, a Sevani martial artist. Her species dwells on the twin planets Sev-Ulkh and Ruh-Ani in the Punositus System; she specifically lives on the former. Her martial artistry is known as Bushi, focused on kicks with her species' powerful legs and using the light rifle on her arm to stun distant or large opponents. When those won't suffice, Korath can use her tail to inject venom into her foes, or use those legs to leap up to distant heights.

By trade, she considers herself more of a salvager than a fighter, letting the wind she senses using the 3 ridges on her head guide her to her next quarry. These range from caverns with precious jewels, to old ruins of cultures past... or, perhaps, to a mysterious crashed ship bearing living specimens and artifacts of a distant world, ravaged by an alien invasion centuries past... a world called Earth.

When something's so jarring it cuts you down the middle, try to sleep it off!

Ghostie has himself a mysterious bracelet, gifted to him by the mayor of his town, said to have been used by an ancient hero to grip onto the slimmest of surfaces.

He's got a while to go before he reaches that mastery, though.

Something you'll be seeing here and in the 2018 Inktober series is bonus artwork, basically an excuse to draw more stuff outside the original prompts. First off is Ghostie choosing the perfect pick-me-up after a terrible night's sleep, then immediately resuming it.

You ever sometimes have your computer just—

—You know, like that? Happens to me sometimes, with this cruddy ol' laptop.